طالَ اِنتِظاري عَهدَ أَبّاءِ

وَجاوَرَت في الشوسِ مِن حاءِ

My waiting has been long, O stubborn beauty

And dwelled in anxious sighs and melancholy

وَبِتُّ كَالنَشوانِ مِن حاجَةٍ

ضاقَت بِها نَفسي وأَحشائى

Sleep evades me like the restless, desperate man

My soul and heart ache with this agony

أَقولُ لَمّا اِبتَزَّها خاطِبٌ

مِن بَينِ أَعمامٍ وَآباءِ

When her suitor came to take her from among

Her uncles and elders surrounding her fully

أَرُحتِ في الرائِحِ يَومَ اللِوى

لا تَبعُدي يابِنتَ وَرقاءِ

The day she went, the winds blew feeling my pain

Do not go far, O fair daughter of Wurqa

إِن كُنتِ حَرباً لَهُم فَاِنظُري

شَطري بِعَينٍ غَيرِ حَولاءِ

If you're at war with them, then look my way

With eyes sincere, not fickle or disloyal

ياحُسنَها يَومَ تَراءَت لَنا

مَكسورَةَ الطَرفِ بِإِغضاءِ

How lovely the day she appeared before me

With downcast eyes, pretending to be annoyed

كَأَنَّما أَلبَستَها رَوضَةً

مِن بَينِ صَفراءٍ وَخَضراءِ

As if robed in a garden of yellow and green